A recent London Assembly report says that Transport for London (TfL) is preventing the growth of Car Clubs and affecting progress towards the Mayor’s sustainable transport targets.
Car Clubs can help Londoners to make necessary journeys by car if they do not own one, but TfL’s “patchwork approach” is stopping car clubs reaching their full potential.
The London Assembly Transport Committee report – TfL’s Stalling Car Clubs – says TfL policies have left councils to create their own strategies, leading to inconsistent provision across the capital and causing some operators to pull out of London.
Recommendations in the report are:
- In the next London Plan the Mayor should recognise the important part that Car Clubs can and should play in London’s transport mix
- Within the next year the Mayor should, through TfL and working with London’s boroughs, develop a pan-London action plan for Car Clubs
- TfL should develop a London-wide campaign to raise awareness of Car Clubs, informing Londoners of what Car Clubs are, how they can access them, and the benefits that they provide.
Read the report in full: TfL’s Stalling Car Clubs - Transport Committee Report
